Nominations Are Open for the 2025 General Elections

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Nominations for the 2025 General Elections are officially open. Interested in running for any of the available positions on the UVSS Board of Directors? You may submit your nomination form via two ways:

  1. For convenience, we encourage and recommend prospective candidates and referendum proponents/opponents to use the online Nomination Form. Note that you will need to log in using a Google Account in order to use the online form as the function for file uploads require a log in.
  2. Candidates and referendum proponents/opponents may email the following information to the Electoral Officer:
    • your name, as you wish it to appear publicly including the ballot;
    • your full name, as it appears on your UVic record;
    • your student ID;
    • your email (the one that you use regularly);
    • your pronouns;
    • the position you’d like to run for (or the referendum you are supporting/not supporting);
    • any accessibility needs;
    • names and VNumbers of 15 UVic current undergrad students (please use Page 12 of the Candidate Handbook)
    • whether you have been a Lead Director before and when;
    • your headshot;
    • your platform (Maximum characters for Faculty Directors, Director of International Student Relations, and Directors-at-Large is 1,000 characters; Lead Directors is 1,500 characters);
    • Campaign Manager information; and
    • date and time of Orientation that you plan on attending.

The deadline to submit a completed Nomination Form is Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 5:00 pm.

The Elections Officers encourage all candidates to review the applicable documents listed under the Resources page to familiarize themselves with the Electoral Policy. It is the responsibility of each prospective candidate and referendum proponent/opponent to ensure they meet the eligibility so please reach out to the Chief Electoral Officer at election@uvss.ca if you have any questions.